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Archive for March, 2011

Book GiveAway : Caleb’s Crossing by Geraldine Brooks

By amodini Posted in 2011, 4_star_rating, books, fun stuff, giveaway, penguin_books, viking_books | Comments Off on Book GiveAway : Caleb’s Crossing by Geraldine Brooks

Geraldine Brooks is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of March and The New York Times bestseller, People of the Book. Her fourth and newest novel is CALEB’S CROSSING (Viking; On sale, May 3, 2011). Thanks to the publisher, I’ll be giving away 2 galleys of the book. If you’d like to enter the draw, please email […]

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Book Review : Heartstone

By amodini Posted in 4_star_rating, arc, books, historical, must read, penguin_books, recommended, review, viking_books | 1 Comment »

Title : HeartstoneAuthor : C.J. SansomPublisher : Viking AdultGenre : Historical fiction/ mysteryPages : 626 (Hardcover)Published : Jan 24, 2011Rating : 4.5/5Source : Publisher ARC Heartstone is the 5th book in C.J.Sansom’s Matthew Shardlake series. In it, Sansom’s hunchbacked lawyer hero takes on another intriguing case. The time is of Catherine Parr’s reign on the […]

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Music to my ears

By amodini Posted in bollywood, movies, music | Comments Off on Music to my ears

I reviewed the film “Dil to baccha hai ji” here. And made a mention of the wonderful music in it. Here’s a sample :

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